Ted Nield reports on Sir David King's "tour de force", delivered at the Society as part of the newly revitalised Sir Peter Kent Lecture series on 7 January 2010.
Ken McNamara investigates the long history of stromatolites, and why the microbial communities which have existed since the Precambrian are increasingly under threat.
Tides of the Earth
The results of a study on the Slumgullion landslide suggest links between slow moving landslides and tides within the atmosphere, reports Ian Randall.